Exodus 18:16:6Exod.18.16.W6TAB
וְשָׁ֣פַטְתִּ֔י
vehshahfahttee
“and I judge”
- Transliteration
- veh-shah-FAHT-TEE
- Extended
- veh-shah-faht-TEE
- IPA
- /və.ʃa.fatˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I judge
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-shah-FAHT-TEE
- clause
ki-ye-HYEH lah-HEM da-VAR BA eh-LAI veh-shah-FAHT-TEE BEIN ISH oo-BEIN reh-E-hu
- sentence
ki-ye-HYEH lah-HEM da-VAR BA eh-LAI veh-shah-FAHT-TEE BEIN ISH oo-BEIN reh-E-hu veh-hoh-da-TEE et-khoo-KEI ha-e-lo-HIM veh-et-toh-ro-TAAV
Exegesis
Sequential vav-consecutive forms veshafti {וְשָׁפַטְתִּי | wə-šā-phaṭ-tî} and vehodaʿti {וְהוֹדַעְתִּי | wə-hô-daʿ-tî} structure adjudication followed by instruction.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–pe–tet
“to judge, govern”
In context — Exodus 18:16
Whenever they have a matter come to them, it comes to me and I judge between a man and his fellow, and I make known the statutes of God and His laws .
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 18:16, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁ֣פַטְתִּ֔י (vehshahfahttee) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.18.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.16.W6.S1) and character.